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oah R. Converse, DO, offers treatments ranging from a simple, minimally invasive 

decompression with about a one-inch incision to a fusion procedure when absolutely 

necessary. He treats narrowing of the lumbar spine, impingement of the spinal cord, 

and spinal tumors, as well as neck and back pain with pain radiating into the arm/shoulder or 

hip/leg. Dr. Converse specializes in trauma of the brain and spine, including brain hemorrhage. 

He treats both benign and malignant brain tumors. Dr. Converse also offers cervical disc 

replacement and spinal cord stimulator placement for patients with chronic back or leg pain 

that is poorly responsive to medical therapy. Dr. Converse is a physician at Florida Institute of 

Neuroscience and has offices in Fort Walton Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, Crestview, and Niceville.

Florida Institute of Neuroscience

NOAH R.

 CONVERSE, DO

850.863.3463

965 Mar Walt Drive – Fort Walton Beach

4400 Highway 20 East, Suite 203 – Niceville

115 Beech Avenue, W – Crestview

870 Mack Bayou Road – Santa Rosa Beach

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r. Diana DeCotis-Smith earned her medical degree from the University of South Alabama 

School of Medicine in 2009. She completed residency at the Women and Children’s 

Medical Center Clinic in Mobile in 2013. She is affiliated with Fort Walton Beach 

Medical Center and specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She provides timely professional 

women’s healthcare in a comfortable atmosphere. Dr. DeCotis-Smith and her team provide well-

woman exams, prenatal care and delivery (normal and high-risk), treatment of pelvic prolapse 

and incontinence, menopausal/hormone management, in-office ultrasound, minimally invasive 

surgery including total laparoscopic hysterectomy, as well as other gynecological exams. Dr. 

DeCotis-Smith is a physician at Northwest Florida Physicians for Women with offices in Fort 

Walton Beach and Niceville.

Northwest Florida Physicians for Women

DIANA M. 

DECOTIS-SMITH, MD

850.315.8360

928-E Mar Walt Drive, Suite 201

Fort Walton Beach

4400 Highway 20 East, Suite 201 – Niceville

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obert P. Feldman, MD, specializes in surgery of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves. 

He has been actively involved in using the latest technologies and techniques in minimally 

invasive spine and brain surgery. Certified by the American Board of Neurological 

Surgeons, Dr. Feldman is the Director and Founder of the Florida Institute of Neuroscience. 

Dr. Feldman has trained in some of the top ranked institutions in the United States for his 

undergraduate and medical degrees as well as his neurosurgical specialty training. Dr. Feldman 

is a member of both the American Association of Neurological Surgeons as well as the Congress 

of Neurological Surgeons. He has published multiple peer reviewed articles in internationally 

recognized scientific journals as well as given numerous 

invited lectures on a variety of neurosurgical topics. Dr. 

Feldman chose to practice in the Fort Walton Beach, Florida 

area and has been building a reputation of compassionate 

care and superior surgical results for the last ten years. Dr. 

Feldman is a physician at Florida Institute of Neuroscience 

and has offices in Fort Walton Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, 

Crestview and Niceville.

Florida Institute of Neuroscience

ROBERT P. 

FELDMAN, MD

850.863.3463

965 Mar Walt Drive – Fort Walton Beach

4400 Highway 20 East, Suite 203 – Niceville

115 Beech Avenue, W – Crestview

870 Mack Bayou Road – Santa Rosa Beach

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